First ornamental aquaculture field school of Odisha inaugurated
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | September 05, 2021 IST
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 5: ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, a premier institute for research in freshwater aquaculture, inaugurated the first Ornamental Aquaculture Field School of Odisha at the farm of Rajesh Ranjan Mohapatra of Kochila Nuagaon village, Tangi Chowdwar in Cuttack. Mohapatra has received training and guidance from CIFA in freshwater aquaculture ventures and now he owns two farms spread over 6 acres. This unique field school is established to facilitate farmer-farmer learning and dissemination of ornamental fish culture technique. The school envisages empowering scheduled caste ornamental fish farmers/farm women of nearby villages contributing greatly to extension and advisory services delivery. The field school was inaugurated by Dr. S. K. Swain, Director, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Swain while addressing the gathering urged the farmers and farm women to take up ornamental fish farming as a means to strengthening their livelihood and assured them technical support from ICAR-CIFA. He mentioned that the AFS piloted by the institute in Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have been extremely popular.
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